True Grit: The phenomenal growth of the Indian entrepreneurial spirit

From JRD Tata to Dhirubhai Ambani and Sanjeev Bikhchandani, how entrepreneurs helped India through its transition from an agrarian economy to state-controlled industry and on to an era where unicorns have taken the centrestage
Published: Aug 21, 2021
Azim Premji

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10/22
  • True Grit: The phenomenal growth of the Indian entrepreneurial spirit
  • Amul
  • Tata Steel
  • JRD Tata
  • Hero Cycles
  • Dhirubhai Ambani
  • Lijjat
  • Har prasad nanda
  • MS Swaminathan
  • Azim Premji
  • Karsanbhai Patel
  • F C Kohli_
  • Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
  • Narayan and Sudha Murthy
  • Anji Reddy
  • Shiv Nadar
  • Sunil Mittal
  • GR Gopinath
  • Sanjeev Bikchandani
  • Flipkart cofounders
  • Meesho cofounders
  • Pharmeasy

Azim Premji was studying electrical engineering in Stanford University, USA, in 1966 when he was called upon to handle the family business, due to the sudden demise of his father. He was just 21. Under Premji’s leadership, Wipro metamorphosed from a ₹70-million company making hydrogenated cooking fats into a pioneer of integrated business technologies and process solutions.